(19)
(11) EP 2 525 335 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.04.2014 Bulletin 2014/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.11.2012 Bulletin 2012/47

(21) Application number: 12161841.7

(22) Date of filing: 28.03.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G08G 1/0962(2006.01)
G08G 1/0967(2006.01)
G01C 21/36(2006.01)
 G01C 21/26(2006.01)
G08G 1/16(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 16.05.2011 KR 20110045568

(71) Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 443-742 (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Park, Hyung-Kil
    Gyeonggi-do (KR)
  • Kim, Chang-Soo
    Gyeonggi-do (KR)
  • Choi, Jun-Yong
    Gyeonggi-do (KR)

(74) Representative: Nederlandsch Octrooibureau 
P.O. Box 29720
2502 LS The Hague
2502 LS The Hague (NL)

   


(54) User interface method for terminal for vehicle and apparatus thereof


(57) A user interface method for a terminal for a vehicle is provided. The terminal obtains position information to detect a point of a road. A road image of a driving direction is obtained, a lanes of the road represented on the obtained road image is recognized, and a point of a road and lane in which the vehicle having the terminal arranged therein is detected. A virtual road image regarding the recognized lanes is generated, and the generated virtual lanes are added to the road image of the driving direction of the vehicle, and displayed. Traffic information for each lane and surrounding information (i.e. lane closure, construction, accident, etc.,) at the detected point of the relevant road are obtained, and the obtained information is displayed for each virtual lane.







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